Dan Murphy
Interview: The voice of reason
An ethics professor at the center of the Green Mountain College oxen controversy weighs in on ‘vegan abolitionists,’ sustainability and how we ought to analyze the issue of factory farming.
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Commentary: Turkey of an argument
As another Thanksgiving season approaches, the forces that hate the holiday celebrations are gearing up for a monumental guilt-fest over our collective enjoyment of the foods they reject.
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Commentary: Meatless Fridays?
America’s leading cardinal proposes a controversial new devotion for U.S. Catholics: Giving up meat every Friday of the year. You know what? It just might be a terrific idea.
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Commentary: The oxen goeth
The attempt to utilize the meat from a pair of working oxen at a Vermont college goes awry after activists threaten a packing plant owner. The result? Pure, unvarnished hypocrisy and deceit.
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Commentary: Gaming the industry
Why do animal activists seem to gain ground whenever they raise concerns about some aspect of livestock production or animal activities? Because they’re always thinking strategically.
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Commentary: Truth and Consequences
In a throwaway vote to embrace Meatless Mondays, the LA City Council sends exactly the wrong message to thousands of citizens genuinely concerned about the nation’s health problems.
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Commentary: The forgotten farmer
How can America’s political parties spend a billion dollars on campaign research and messaging, yet never mention the issues facing the most fundamental of our economic sectors?
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Commentary: Foreign intrigue
Thanks to pernicious budget cuts, USDA has curtailed its auditing of countries exporting meat product to the USA, even as those imports—and the associated risks—are on the increase.
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Commentary: A sign of stupidity
Not that PETA needs more dumb ideas to add to its legacy of idiotic and ludicrous stunts. But one of its latest tactics might actually be a good thing for industry to support. Here’s why.
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Commentary: Another pink slime setback
BPI’s billion-dollar defamation lawsuit against ABC News for its coverage of the ‘pink slime’ controversy is destined for a quick and decisive defeat for the company and its allies.
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Commentary: Canadians grapple with packing consolidation
In arguments eerily reminiscent of those raised here a decade ago, Canadians are now fretting over whether their country’s beef industry got too big, too fast.
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- Ag markets were mixed to start the new week
- U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
- Schwieterman: Cattle futures end week with sharp losses
- The relationship between retail gasoline prices and futures prices
- Insects. They’re what’s for dinner!
